Management Project

Assad Rizvi

732-***-**** ( ** Ponderosa La - Old Bridge, NJ 08857 (

**********@*****.***

Experienced, eager to learn, and committed to performance excellence while

building a successful career within the finance and technology industry

WORK EXPERIENCE

2008 - 2009 Citigroup Global Transactions Services

Jersey City, NJ

Client Delivery / Electronic Banking Specialist

. Support of Tier 1 clients, by providing assistance to the complex issues

that involved programming development and accounting reconciliation

testing. Project Management support was used to trace flows of Citi's

Global transactions into Citi Direct and ensure clients daily balance

accuracy.

. Support of Citi Direct for Securities helpdesk issues related to clients

experiencing reporting, transactional, and data errors. Certified in Citi

Direct for Securities as an instructor to teach clients ways to build,

view, and deliver customized reports.

. Upgraded users to Citi's enhanced version CitiFTP Express file delivery

system. Coordinated with clients on encryption, security, and system

issues.

2005 - 2008 Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank

New York, NY

Derivatives Specialist

Recon Utility Team

. Participated in preparation and execution of nine CDS quarterly rolls,

reducing the number of breaks by 50-60% each roll and improving

Citigroup's ranking in the industry. CDS quarterly rolls are executed

accurately and timely to effectively manage high volume, achieve accurate

matching, and reduce the number of breaks that occur on or after the

roll.

. Daily review and identification of unapplied cash at bank or ledger

credits, which may not be firm funds and thus should be reported to

Operations Control in London to be incorporated in Client money reporting

to meet FSA regulations.

. Responsible for creating a daily Error Blotter for Stock and Option,

which identifies on a Trade Date basis the discrepancies in the trades,

booked between the Prime Broker and EDS systems.

. Data Maintenance, Updated Prices are updated either systematically or

manually to reflect the closing price for each security held in EDS to

ensure the correct market valuation.

Inter Company Breaks & Metrics Reporting Team

. Generated Weekly Operations Report to senior management ensuring timely

and accurate distribution of key control metrics for the Derivative

Settlements process.

. Provided a complete cash flow solution towards the settlement process

including pre/post-settlements to ensure that counterparties are in

agreement through investigation and reconciliation.

. Automated new processes to help capture and eliminate departmental breaks

and discrepancies.

EDUCATION

1999 - 2004 Rutgers University/NJIT Joint Program

Newark, NJ

BS: Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics

Concentration: Management Information Systems

ACHIEVEMENTS & SKILLS

Awards:

. Recipient of Quarterly Individual Star Award - September '06:

Contributed to the success of the June 20th CDS Quarterly Roll

resulting in a 60% improvement from the previous Quarterly Roll.

. Recipient of Quarterly Individual Star Award - March '07: Created

multiple reports to show what breaks caused a spike in our weekly

metrics before official reports were released.

. Recipient of Quarterly Individual Star Award - June '07: Challenged by

many system issues on a high volume day, we worked with Recon

Technology to import and reconcile items in time.

Software: Advanced Knowledge of Excel, SQL, MS Access, and all MS Office

applications. (Functions, lookups, macros, charting, databases, queries,

tables), CitiDirect for Securities, Oasys, and Reconciliation

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